Block
Block verb - To close up so that no empty spaces remain.
Clap
Clap verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good block | good clap |
| full | full block | full clap |
| single | single block | single clap |
| extra | extra block | extra clap |
| Other adjectives: well-timed. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Clap Your Hands If You Believe: Wil's initial difficulties with the Stones cause him to form a psychological block that prevents him from using them; he effectively convinces himself that he can't use them, and so they stop responding.
- In one fight in Lone Wolf and Cub, one of the ninjas does a Barehanded Blade Block, intentionally delaying the clap until after the blade had penetrated his skull so that it would be trapped to allow the others to swarm Ittō.
Source: Deliberate Injury Gambit
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